Back Nationalist Party of Australia German Partido Nacionalista de Australia Spanish Parti nationaliste d'Australie French Partito Nazionalista d'Australia Italian Nacjonalistyczna Partia Australii Polish Nationalist Party of Australia SIMPLE Націоналістична партія Австралії Ukrainian 澳洲民族主義黨 Chinese
 | This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (April 2017) |
Nationalist Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader |
|
| Founder | Billy Hughes[a] |
| Founded | 15–22 February 1917[2] |
| Merger of | |
| Merged into | United Australia (1931) |
| Youth wing | |
| Women's wing | Women's National League[3] |
| Veterans' wing | RSSILA[4] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right[8] to right-wing[9] |
| National affiliation | Nationalist–Country Coalition (1922–1931) |
| Colours | Blue |
| House of Representatives | 53 / 75 (1917–1919)
|
| Senate | 34 / 36 (1920–1923)
|
&sq=Sri Lanka&lang=en&file=File:Portrait_of_W._M._Hughes.jpg)
The Nationalist Party, also known as the National Party, was an Australian political party. It was formed in February 1917 from a merger between the Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the latter formed by Prime Minister Billy Hughes and his supporters after the 1916 Labor Party split over World War I conscription. The Nationalist Party was established as a 'united' non-Labor opposition that had remained a political trend once the Labor party established itself in federal politics. The party was in government (from 1923 in coalition with the Country Party) until electoral defeat in 1929. From that time it was the main opposition to the Labor Party until it merged with pro-Joseph Lyons Labor defectors to form the United Australia Party (UAP) in 1931. The party is a direct ancestor of the Liberal Party of Australia, the main centre-right party in Australia.
- ^ Duncan Hughes 1931, p. 2; Current History 1929, p. 381.
- ^ Hansard 1917.
- ^ Williams 1969, pp. 49–51.
- ^ Williams 1971, pp. 7–19.
- ^ Williams 1971, pp. 7–19; Cunningham 2022, p. 88.
- ^ Eggleston 1931, p. 249; Cunningham 2022, p. 32.
- ^ Duncan Hughes 1931, p. 64–76; Moadoph 1919.
- ^ Cunningham 2022, pp. 32, 88.
- ^ Kirk 2006, pp. 95–111.
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).